A Lake Orion man with a criminal history is facing multiple felony charges including reckless driving causing death for a hit-run crash in Auburn Hills that killed a 68-year-old earlier this month.
Kenneth Briddnell Carroll, 38, was arraigned June 18 on a nine-count warrant for the June 6 collision on Walton Boulevard near Perry Street that killed Thomas Jerome Fisher of Auburn Hills. Carroll’s passenger was critically injured in the crash, police said.
Along with the reckless driving causing death — a 15-year felony — Carroll is charged with:
• First-degree fleeing police
• Operating while license revoked/suspended/denied, causing death
• Failure to stop at scene of accident causing death when at fault
• Second-degree fleeing police
• Reckless driving causing serious impairment of bodily function
• Operating while license revoked/suspended, causing serious injury
• Failure to stop at scene of accident causing serious injury
• Possession of a controlled substance – heroin/cocaine/other narcotic, less than 25 grams
Carroll is in the Oakland County Jail, denied bond.
According to the Auburn Hills Police Department, Carroll was arrested after a citizen spotted him lying in a wooded area approximately a half-mile from the crash site.
Carroll reportedly had fled after crashing a Kia Forte into a Ford F-150 pickup truck at the intersection. The collision trapped Fisher in the Ford F-150; he was subsequently extricated and transported to an area hospital where he died, police said. The Kia’s female passenger suffered critical injuries in the crash and was hospitalized, police said.
Moments before the crash, an Auburn Hills patrol officer had pursued the Kia after witnessing it speeding south on Lapeer Road and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver accelerated and fled — reaching speeds up to 88 mph, police said. The officer reportedly chased the Kia for approximately a quarter mile before ending the pursuit. Further down the roadway, the officer discovered the collision, police said.
Carroll is scheduled for a probable cause conference on June 27 before 52-3 District Judge Lisa Asadoorian. He also has an unrelated case pending in Oakland County Circuit Court for witness intimidation charges out of Lake Orion. Carroll’s criminal history includes convictions for aggravated domestic violence and probation violation.
Fisher, as stated in his obituary, was the father of two, had seven siblings and grew up in Birmingham.
The obituary further states that he was “an accomplished and outstanding musician” who played in the local Detroit music scene. He was also a business owner and successful interior painter.
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